This fall will mark fifty years since November 22, 1963 -- a date that continues to haunt American history. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, it seemed to mark an undeniable shift in the country, away from the positivity and hope that followed War War II, into a more fraught and frightened era ...
Read More »Fox Searchlight has snapped up North American rights to black comedy-crime tale "Dom Hemingway," starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant ("Doctor Who"), Demian Bichir (Oscar-nominated for "A Better Life") and Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones"). The film is written and directed by Richard Shepard, who rec...
Read More »Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired North American rights to "Dom Hemingway," the company presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today. Directed by Richard Shepard, whose last feature was 2007's "The Hunting Party," the black comedy stars Jude Law as the title character, a short-tempe...
Read More »Trailers for the networks' fall shows are upon us (more on that later today), and here's a daring direction for a new show: a remake of a Scandinavian crime drama! No but really, FX's “The Bridge,” a trailer for which just arrived on Indiewire, looks interesting: a police procedural featuring the po...
Read More »FX may have the best overall average of any network with new dramas of late, coming off of a terrific first year of "The Americans" and with "American Horror Story," "Justified" and "Sons of Anarchy" all going strong in subsequent seasons.
Read More »While “Bridesmaids” launched the career of Melissa McCarthy into an onslaught of projects with varying results, the film's director, Paul Feig, certainly took his time in deciding a follow-up. However, in the end it wasn't a wild shift, as he collaborated again with McCarthy for the upcoming buddy c...
Read More »Oscar-nominee Demian Bichir ("A Better Life") is expanding his CV to include writer and director for his upcoming indie, "Refugio." The film will be produced by BN Films and co-produced by the actor's brother, Bruno Bichir, of Escarabajo Productions.
Read More »Dylan Leiner and Martin Marquet invited me to LAFEST, at Home Depot Center but I could not go. Michael Donaldson went though and his team played pretty well I hear. Dylan and Martin started it 3 years ago in NY and teamed with Tribeca. This year they took the event to L.A and co-hosted with the Mi...
Read More »If can you weren't aware, Danish television is currently having a bit of a moment. Last month, New Yorker did a fascinating profile on the country's television industry and the popularity of their shows at home and more importantly abroad, with the politically minded "Borgen," &quo...
Read More »FX, who's had a very solid run on both the comedy and drama fronts lately, officially has a new original series. Today, the network announced a 13-episode season order to "The Bridge," an adaptation of the Scandinavian series "Bron" in which the action is moved from...
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